Annual JOSHUA Fundraiser features Rev. Jerry Hancock, Former Assistant
Attorney General
Social/Silent Auction at Notre Dame Academy raises funds for social justice interfaith coalition
Justice Organization Sharing Hope and United for Action (JOSHUA), an interfaith coalition of 12 area churches focused on addressing common community concerns, is hosting its annual social/silent auction on Sunday, April 27th from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Notre Dame Academy, 610 Maryhill Drive in Green Bay.
This year’s event, titled Tied Together in a Single Garment of Destiny, borrows form Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s statement on the importance of community: “We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality...This is the way God’s universe is made, this is the way it is structured.”
Former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, restorative justice advocate and United Churches of Christ minister Rev. Jerry Hancock will be the keynote speaker at the event. Rev. Hancock entered the ministry after 30 years of work in the criminal justice system and offers an insider’s perspective on issues of crime and punishment. States Rev. Hancock, “About five years ago, I began to think that God might be calling me in a different direction. I know that God wants me in prison. I need to be in prison to find the justice that is missing in the legal system."
Tickets for the social and fundraiser are $10.00 and available at the door, or can be reserved (and picked up at the door) by calling the JOSHUA office at 362-1511. Ticket price includes admission to the keynote speech held in the auditorium (2:00-3:30 pm) and to the silent auction and social (3:30-5:00 pm) featuring an array of hors d'oevres.
Featured items in the silent auction have been donated by a variety of local businesses and include several gift baskets. There will be a drawing for a full bed afghan and a Foxy Lady River Cruise for 8. The auction and drawing are open form 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. and attendees need not be present to win
The JOSHUA fundraiser will also feature Worldgoods, a locally owned company that offers Fair Trade, eco friendly gifts, education and volunteer opportunities. Worldgoods’ mission is to promote fair and long-term economic development in some of the world’s most disadvantaged
countries. A portion of the sales from Worldgoods will go to JOSHUA.
Member churches of JOSHUA include: Ascension Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, Green Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, Resurrection Catholic Church, St. Anne's Episcopal Church,
St. Bernard Catholic Church, St. Matthew Catholic Community, Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross, Union Congregational Church, and West Side Moravian Church.
Please join us for an afternoon of entertainment, enquiry and enlightenment. To learn more about JOSHUA, please visit us at: www.joshua4justice.org
